High School Counselor Rankings National Liberal Arts Colleges
High School Counselor Rankings Methodology
In spring 2012, we asked guidance counselors from a nationwide sampling of public high schools in the 2012 U.S. News Best High Schools rankings that were gold, silver, or bronze medal winners, as well as from the largest private independent schools nationwide, to tell us which National Universities and National Liberal Arts Colleges they think offer the best undergraduate education to their students. They rated the universities on a scale of 1 to 5 (with 5 being the top score) or marked "don't know" if they were unfamiliar with that particular college. The two most recent years of survey results, from spring 2011 and spring 2012, were averaged to compute the high school counselor reputation score used in this ranking.
| Save | Rank | School | High school counselor score (out of 5) |
|---|---|---|---|
| #114 |
Simpson College
Indianola, IA |
3.5 | |
| #114 |
Soka University of America
Aliso Viejo, CA |
3.5 | |
| #114 |
St. Anselm College
Manchester, NH |
3.5 | |
| #114 |
Thomas Aquinas College
Santa Paula, CA |
3.5 | |
| #114 |
Ursinus College
Collegeville, PA |
3.5 | |
| #114 |
Wabash College
Crawfordsville, IN |
3.5 | |
| #114 |
Wartburg College
Waverly, IA |
3.5 | |
| #114 |
Wells College
Aurora, NY |
3.5 | |
| #114 |
Wesleyan College
Macon, GA |
3.5 | |
| #114 |
Westminster College
New Wilmington, PA |
3.5 | |
| #114 |
Whittier College
Whittier, CA |
3.5 | |
| #114 |
Xavier University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA |
3.5 | |
| #141 |
Birmingham-Southern College
Birmingham, AL |
3.4 | |
| #141 |
Claflin University
Orangeburg, SC |
3.4 | |
| #141 |
College of Wooster
Wooster, OH |
3.4 | |
| #141 |
Eckerd College
St. Petersburg, FL |
3.4 | |
| #141 |
Emory and Henry College
Emory, VA |
3.4 | |
| #141 |
Fisk University
Nashville, TN |
3.4 | |
| #141 |
Gordon College
Wenham, MA |
3.4 | |
| #141 |
Guilford College
Greensboro, NC |
3.4 | |
| #141 |
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney, VA |
3.4 | |
| #141 |
Hanover College
Hanover, IN |
3.4 | |
| #141 |
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale, MI |
3.4 | |
| #141 |
Hollins University
Roanoke, VA |
3.4 | |
| #141 |
Knox College
Galesburg, IL |
3.4 |














